By John Ward

No miracles, no real surprises, even - Zimbabwe lost the First Test match against India by an innings. Our team is playing on pitches that overwhelmingly favour the opposition, they lack the spark which appears only occasionally these days that enables them to play above themselves, and virtually all the cricket supporters I have spoken to believe we are not playing our strongest team anyway. [More]

NEWS

Squeezed out of juice in the Orange City
By Trishna Bose
Four days and one session was how long the Zimbabweans lasted out at the Vidarbha Cricket Ground in the city of Oranges, Nagpur. The first Test match of the two match series ended in favour of the home team, as they marked their supremacy with an innings and 101-run victory. The visitors were left with thoughts of salvaging pride in the next match. [More]

Four to join Zim squad for ODI
Four Zimbabwe cricket players will be joining the national team for the one-day international series against India, beginning next Thursday (07 March 2002). Three of them, Gary Brent, Charles Coventry and Douglas Marillier will leave Harare for Delhi on Sunday morning. They will be joined in the Indian capital by Douglas Hondo, who is playing in Australia. [More]

Mutare and OGs in League final
by Larry Moyo
National First League champions Mutare Sports Club and runners-up Old Georgians have made it to the final of the league knockout competition, setting up what promises to be an explosive finish to the 2001/02 club cricket season. [More]

Matabeleland cricket report
by Derrick Townshend
Matabeleland lost their first match in the Logan Cup to Mashonaland by eight wickets in a match where the result was probably decided on the first day with the loss of the toss. A gruelling first day took its toll on the young side and they never really recovered from there on. [More]

Manicaland Cricket Report
by Nigel Fleming
Manicaland bounced back from their poor showing in the Logan Cup game a fortnight ago to beat Takashinga convincingly by seven wickets in the league cup semi-final last Sunday. Played on a knife-edge, Manicaland hung tough through a day of provocation and discourtesy to earn a home final against Old Georgians in two weeks’ time. [More]

Midlands report
by Michael Hudgson
The Midlands Logan Cup squad has just been chosen and the team is as follows: Doug Marillier (Capt), Dirk Viljoen (vice-capt), Raymond Price, Craig Wishart, Travis Friend, Sean Ervine, Terrence Duffin, Colin Delport, John Vaughan-Davies, Campbell Macmillan, Luther Mutyambizi, Ed Rainsford, Craig Grant, Tarai Karambwa, James Kornford, Paul Reilly. [More]